Hints and tips:
...Nadella said that while he was in charge of search at Microsoft, he had sought more investment but generally felt “well-supported and well-funded”....
...“I’m not sure how much this will actually move the needle,” said Nate Geraci, president of the ETF Store....
...“Neil is very good at threading that needle.”...
...“Passive investment has seemed like a no-brainer in this environment....
...The latest bauble’s price tag barely moves the needle on SoftBank’s whopping $100bn net debt. Yet it is still a folly....
...“There has been a hunt for yield in an environment where rates are rising,” says Kenneth Kencel, the chief executive of Churchill Asset Management LLC....
...It’s like finding a needle in a haystack.”...
...Net profit for the first six months was €34m compared with a net loss during the same period of 2012 of €532m – thanks to the disposal of the group’s Motel 6 chain in the US....
...My goal was to move the needle for Cummins. It had to make sense from that perspective.” Solso also found that a continental vision helped to attract the talent Cummins needed to succeed....
...Within six months of Colony’s original €1bn investment in 2005, Jean-Marc Espalioux quit suddenly as chief executive to be replaced by Mr Pélisson....
...Colony Capital and Eurazeo, the private equity groups, together own 29 per cent of Accor after building stakes following their 2005 entry with a €1bn ($1.4bn) investment....
...And something more substantial from Olivetree Securities: Talk about trying to fit a camel through the eye of needle....
...The loss was triggered by €514m of writedowns and losses, in part from Motel 6, its US budget hotel brand....
...Equity Inns jumped 15.4 per cent to $22.71 this week after the hotel and motel real estate investment trust was bought for about $1.26bn by a private real estate trust....
...Investment companies within Dubai Holding and Dubai World are in a race to make acquisitions abroad and sometimes find that they are bidding against each other....
...The company, founded in a garage with a $1,000 investment back in 1986, is based in Richardson, Texas – just outside Dallas....
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